Court
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane
India | Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, English
2014 | 116min | Colour
Subtitles: English
Sunday, Nov 2
TIPA, 3:30 PM
A sewage worker’s dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is arrested and accused of performing an inflammatory song, which may have incited the worker to commit suicide. The trial unfolds in a lower court, where the hopes and dreams of the city’s ordinary people play out. Forging these fates are the lawyers and judge, who are observed in their personal lives beyond the theatre of the courtroom.
Chaitanya Tamhane
Born in Mumbai on the 1st of March, 1987, Chaitanya Tamhane is an English literature graduate. ‘Six Strands’ (2010), his first short film, was screened at various international film festivals, including Rotterdam, Clermont-Ferrand, Edinburgh, and Slamdance. In 2012, he was selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus at the Berlin Film Festival. ‘Court’ is his first feature film. The film was awarded the Hubert Bals Fund from the Rotterdam Film Festival.
Credits
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane
Producer: Vivek Gomber
Screenwriter: Chaitanya Tamhane
Cinematographer: Mrinal Desai
Editor: Rikhav Desai
Music: Sambhaji Bhagat
Production Company: Zoo Entertainment
Cast: Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Pradeep Joshi, Usha Bane, Shirish Pawar
Festival Appearances & Awards
Venice International Film Festival, 2014 – Lion of the Future Award for a Debut Film, Orizzonti Award for Best Film
